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Reconstruction was ended in the south. The southren states began to look for ways to limit the newfound rights of African Americans.
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Sicne no federal troops remainded in the south to enforce black voting rights, states soon required a poll tax to be paid. By 1902 all of the formor confederate states had enacted a poll tax. The sole purpose of this was to prevent blacks from voting.
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The poll tax was upheld in the Supreme court case Breedlove V.S. Scuttles. This ruling said that voting was a right given to people by the states, and that the states had the right to have a poll tax if they so chose to do so.
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In 1939 a bill to abolish the poll tax passed the house 254-84. It was still unable to make it past the senate, and a large majority of southren democrats held long term seats, and where able to rally enought support to keep the bill from passing.
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The "white primary" is banned by the Supreme court descion Smith V.S. Allwight. This increced the need for the poll tax, in the eyes of southreners as it was now one of the few legal methods to discourage blacks from voting.
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The 24th admendment began to make it to state's legislatures to get ratified. In a large part with support from president Jhon F. Kennedy.
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The 24th admendment is offically regected by Missippi. Missippi is the only state to offically reject the admendment. Missippi was one of the few states that was forced to abolish the poll tax due to the 24th admendment, as most states had already abolished it on there own.
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South Dakota became the last state to ratify the 38th admendment offically putting the admendment into law.
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This supreme court case rulled Virgina's still enacted poll tax illegal. According to Virgina law the only way a person could be waived of the poll tax was if they filled a cirtificate of residence at least six moths prior of the election.
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Texas ratified the admendment, and is the last state to offically ratifiy the admendment.
